Lance Lahnert: My 2 cents

■ Steve Kragthorpe: The former West Texas A&M signal caller is the quarterbacks coach — and helps call a few plays — for LSU. His long and patient road in the coaching biz gets rewarded Monday night when the Tigers play in the national championship game. Look for my exclusive interview with “Thorper” in the next few days.

■ Jerry Jones: The Cowboys owner didn’t go off half-whacked like he has been known to do and fire coach Jason Garrett after an 8-8 season. That will pay dividends down the road.

■ Bryan Braman: Did you see the Houston Texans rookie linebacker and former West Texas A&M standout make that tackle without his helmet against Tennessee last weekend? He even went head-to-helmet. Has to be the tackle of the year in the NFL and probably brought on a headache.

■ 2012: Nice to see 2011 disappear.

■ Myself: I hate to brag, well, I will brag. I finally kept a New Year’s resolution and did not eat one french fry in 2011.

Thumbs Down

■ ESPN I: Are you kidding? A camera drops on the field during a bowl game? Several of your on-field microphones have cut out during postgame bowl interviews? Inexcusable.

■ ESPN II: I’ve said it before but it’s worth repeating: Monday’s national title game between LSU-Alabama should be aired on “regular TV” and not exclusively on ESPN. I’m afraid this trend will continue into the NFL some day and we only see NFL games on the NFL network and ESPN.